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遡 = 朔 + 辶

遡 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “go upstream”. It is built from 朔 (first day of the month) and 辶 (road). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2111.

Keyword
go upstream
RTK frame
2111
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ソ, サク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
さかのぼ.る
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
вверх по течению
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
遡 go upstream

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 朔 first day of the month
  2. 辶 road

How to find 遡 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “first day of the month” + “road”. 遡 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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